Jane C. Garcia MPH ’80 is the CEO of La Clínica de La Raza, one of California’s largest community health centers serving multilingual and multicultural populations. Since she became CEO in 1983, La Clínica has grown to more than 1,200 staff members at 40 sites in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties. She is a board director of The California Endowment and is the immediate past chair of the board. She has previously served on the Board of Governors of the Alameda Alliance for Health and is the immediate past president. She has also served on the National Cooperative Bank and Capital Impact Partners, a community development financing institute.

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